[jeron]

Growing up, I was taught the grains were at the bottom of the food pyramid. I actually agree that the new food pyramid is a right step when it comes to nutrition

[cogman10]

Grains actually should be the bottom of the food pyramid, just not the grains represented in the old pyramid.

Peanuts, lentils, oats, peas, chickpeas, beans, etc. All grains that are both healthy and safe to eat a lot of.

[saalaa]

And meat should be much less present too. Animal produce in general.

Protein intake should come from both vegetables and meats (to the tune of 500g to 600g per person per week, as a rule of thumb).

[ramblenode]

"Grains" usually refers to cereal grains. Everything you listed except for oats is typically classified as a legume or a pulse, not a grain.

[ceejayoz]

But the new pyramid is pretty similar to the old pyramid. From the page:

Grains: Target: 2–4 servings per day.

Vegetables: 3 servings per day.

Fruits: 2 servings per day.

The old pyramid (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_pyramid_(nutrition)#/medi...) recommends 3-5 veg (same/more), 2-4 fruit (same/more), more grains, and is still relatively protein heavy (4-6 between meat and dairy).

It's basically a scene from The Office. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lC5lsemxaJo

[saalaa]

To me, the actual food pyramid picture from that campaign conveys the wrong idea, to the point that it's in fact detrimental.